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Method for perchlorate removal from ground water

a technology of ground water and perchlorate, which is applied in the direction of water/sewage treatment by ion exchange, other chemical processes, separation processes, etc., can solve the problems of affecting people's thyroid gland, drinking water, especially in summer months, and becoming extremely scar

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-04-19
PENN STATE RES FOUND
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[0019]The perchlorate concentration level in the flui...

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Perchlorate appears in the groundwater that 10-20 million Americans could drink; and perchlorate might adversely affect people's thyroid gland.
This presents a large problem because drinking water, especially during the dry summer months, can become extremely scarce.
A disadvantage of such ion exchange resin process is that it utilizes a very high concentration of salts (i.e., 35,000 to 70,000 ppm), and sometimes very expensive catalyst material.
There are also some biological processes that have been developed; but by their very nature, they are less acceptable for treatment of drinkable water for humans, due to the use of microorganisms that could include consortia which are known to cause diseases.
Still others have proposed using reverse osmosis processes for the removal of perchlorates from water, but the cost of operating such a reverse osmosis facility has made this process commercially undesirable; and it is not clear that reverse osmosis can remove perchlorate down to the action levels that have been established or are contemplated.

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[0080]Test were conducted via small Scale Simulation tests that were sized to simulate performance in a full-scale adsorber. Correlation between the Small-Scale Simulation Tests and full scale performance was confirmed by comparing several sets of conditions. In these tests, ground water from Redlands, California that contained 75 ppb of perchlorate was passed through Small Scale Simulation Test columns that contained GAC. The GAC was tailored in ways that enhanced its capacity to adsorb perchlorate. Perchlorate removal performance was monitored by noting how many bed volumes of water were processed before the perchlorate began to appear at significant levels in the effluent.

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[0081]To extend the time that GAC will remove perchlorate, the GAC was tailored with a cationic polymer. The polymer was recirculated through the column for 2 days. After this time, perchlorate-laden water (approximately 75 ppb) from Redlands, Calif., was passed through the column and the effluent was collected and tested for perchlorate. Perchlorate breakthrough for this column occurred at 4200 bed volumes (breakthrough for virgin GAC occurred after 1200 bed volumes), increasing the time to breakthrough to 3.5 times that of the virgin GAC. The results of this experiment can be seen in FIG. 11.

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[0082]GAC was treated with 100 bed volumes of ferric salt monomer (500 mg / L as Fe) plus 580 mg / L of oxalic acid, acetic acid, or citric acid. A column of virgin carbon was run as a control. Perchlorate laden water (approximately 75 ppb) from Redlands, Calif. was passed through each column and the effluent was collected and measured for perchlorate. The results of these Small-Scale Simulation tests are found in FIG. 12. The column treated with the ferric salt monomer (FeCl3) and acetic acid performed nearly identical to that of the ferric salt monomer and oxalic acid with perchlorate breakthrough at 1500 bed volumes. Both of these preloaded GAC beds performed better than the virgin GAC. Acetic acid is a useful alternative to oxalic acid because acetic acid is a common component in food and this method may be looked upon more favorably than using oxalic acid.

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Abstract

A method for removing perchlorate or other anionic contaminates from ground water which comprises the step of passing the ground water over activated carbon, wherein the activated carbon has been either preloaded with an organic cation functional group or organic cation polymer or cationic monomer, or tailored with ammonium or other reduced nitrogen-containing compound.

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[0001]This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 296,862, Filed Jun. 8, 2001.[0002]The present invention is generally directed to a novel method for substantially reducing perchlorate and / or other anionic contaminants from ground water. In particular, it relates to a method for removing perchlorate and / or other anionic contaminants (e.g., arsenates, arsenites, nitrates, and chromates) from a fluid comprising passing the fluid (e.g., water) over activated carbon, wherein the activated carbon is either pretailored with an enhanced positive surface charge or preloaded with organic cations.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Perchlorate appears in the groundwater that 10-20 million Americans could drink; and perchlorate might adversely affect people's thyroid gland. The American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) has been charged by Congressional earmark, through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to devise methods for re...

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IPC IPC(8): B01J20/20B01J20/30B01J20/32B01J41/18B01J41/04B01J41/12B01J41/00B01D15/00C02F1/28C02F1/42C02F1/56C02F1/54
CPCB01J20/20B01J41/12B01J41/18C02F1/283C02F1/42B01J20/261B01J20/262B01J20/3204B01J20/3248B01J20/3251B01J20/3255B01J20/327B01J20/3272B01J20/3416B01J20/345B01J20/3483B01J41/04B01J2220/58C02F1/288C02F1/56C02F2101/103C02F2101/12C02F2101/163C02F2101/22C02F2209/06
Inventor CANNON, FRED S.PARETTE, ROBERT B.NA, CHONGZHENGCHEN, WEIFANGHAGERUP, BENJAMIN
Owner PENN STATE RES FOUND
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